Modern and impressionist art auction at Christie’s


Modern and impressionist art auction at Christie's

Modern and impressionist art auction at Christie’s

November 9th 2006 sale at Christie’s New York of Impressionist and Modern Art realized $491,472,000, setting a new record for any art auction. The previous record for an Impressionist and Modern Art Evening Sale was $289 million set in May of 1990. The prospect of acquiring masterpieces the likes of which had not been seen on the market forever generated boundless enthusiasm and bidding throughout the sale. Nine new world auction records were set including for Klimt, Schiele, Kirchner, Gauguin and Balthus. Buyers in tonight’s sale, by lot (not value) were 39.5% American, 42.5% European, 4% Asian, 1.5% Russian, 3% Latin American and 9.5% other.

Here are the top-10 selling lots:

LOT

PRICE ($)

( £ / € )

ESTIMATE ($)

BUYER

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II

54

87.936.000

46.282.105 / 68.700.000

40.000.000-60.000.000

Anonymous

Gustav Klimt, Portrait of Adele Bloch-Bauer II, 1912
- WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Paul Gauguin. L’hômme à la hâche

9

40.336.000

21.229.474 / 31.512.500

35.000.000-45.000.000

Anonymous

Paul Gauguin. L’hômme à la hâche. 1891 – WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Gustav Klimt. Birch Forest

51

40.336.000

21.229.474 / 31.512.500

20.000.000-30.000.000

Anonymous

Gustav Klimt. Birch Forest. 1903
Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Berliner Strassenszene

37

38.096.000

20.050.526 / 29.762.500

18.000.000-24.000.000

Neue Galerie

Ernst Ludwig Kirchner. Berliner Strassenszene (recto); Bäume (verso). 1913-1914 -WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Gustav Klimt. Apple Tree I. 1912

53

33.056.000

17.397.895 / 25.825.000

15.000.000-25.000.000

Anonymous

Gustav Klimt. Apple Tree I. 1912
Gustav Klimt. Houses at Unterach on the Attersee. 1916

52

31.376.000

16.513.684 / 24.512.500

18.000.000-25.000.000

Anonymous

Gustav Klimt. Houses at Unterach on the Attersee. 1916
Monk I

60

22.416.000

11.797.895 / 17.512.500

20.000.000-30.000.000

Anonymous

Egon Schiele. Einzelne Häuser (Häuser mit Bergen) (recto) ; Monk I (fragment ; verso). 1915 – WORLD AUCTION RECORD FOR THE ARTIST
Amedeo Modigliani. Vénus (Nu debout. nu médicis). 1917

31

15.920.000

8.378.947 / 12.437.500

6.000.000-9.000.000

Anonymous

Amedeo Modigliani. Vénus (Nu debout. nu médicis). 1917
Pablo Picasso. Plant de tomates. 1944

7

13.456.000

7.082.105 / 10.512.500

5.000.000-7.000.000

Anonymous

Pablo Picasso. Plant de tomates. 1944
Pablo Picasso. Femmes à la fontaine. 1901

64

12.896.000

6.787.368 / 10.075.000

15.000.000-20.000.000

Anonymous

Pablo Picasso. Femmes à la fontaine. 1901

Source: Christie’s Great Estates

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